Curricular Unit:			Code:
Modified Consciousness States at the Clinic			1089EMCC
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
1	Postgraduate	Modified Consciousness States at the Clinic	6 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
		Portuguese/English	78
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
(i) To understand their ethical and cultural context; (ii) To know how to apply the acquired knowledge in the field of ethics and deontology by demonstrating a professional approach based on ethics, to the work in their professional field; (iii) To know how to gather, select and interpret the relevant information, especially in their scientific area, in order to be able to give an ethical justification of decisions and of judgments in professional field; (iv) To know how to solve ethical and deontological dilemmas and to know how to build and ground personal ethical and deontological arguments.
Syllabus:
I. Fundamental concepts: 1. General definitions of ethics, deontology and morals. 1.1. General definitions of “deontology”; 1.2. The “golden rule of ethics. 1.3. Communication and ethics of alterity. II. Professional Deontology: 2.1. The four prima facie principles; 2.1.1. Beneficence; 2.1.2. Non-maleficence; 2.1.3. Justice; 2.1.4. 2.2. Process of decision-making
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
:Syllabus contents focus on specific theoretical issues in the area of ethics and bioethics, thus enabling the fulfillment of the course objectives, skills and human capacity to have an ethical reasoning and practice. II:Syllabus contents focus on the theoretical practical application of knowledge in the field of deontology, thus enabling the fulfillment of the course objectives, namely: to know how to apply the acquired knowledge in the field of ethics and deontology by demonstrating a professional approach based on ethics, to the work in the field of practice, to know how to gather, select and interpret the relevant information, especially in their scientific area, in order to be able to give an ethical justification of decisions and of judgments in professional field; and to know how to solve ethical and deontological dilemmas in their professional field and to know how to build and ground personal ethical and deontological arguments.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
Teaching methodology will include theoretical lecturing, research, and reading of specific references, as well as thematic debating and critical reflection. Assessment will be periodical and based on one written tests and on resolution of a dilemma, as well as on the participation of the students in the execution of theoretical and practical tasks in the classroom.
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
1st unit – Theoretical overview of the concept of ethics, deontology and morals as well as of the relation and difference between them. Theoretical overview of need for empathy with the suffering and the others. Theoretical overview of the four prima facie principles emphasizing their relevance. Theoretical exercise of consolidation of knowledge from Unit 1. 2nd Unit – Theoretical exposition of the structure and the steps of the process of ethical decision making; Theoretical exercise of consolidation of knowledge from unit 2 (resolution of a dilemma in the field of practice).
Reading:
Almeida & Júnior(2013)“A Sensibilidade e a humanização dos cuidados em saúde”.O Mundo da Saúde 36:407-415 Ferreira,L.R.;Artmann(2018).“Discursos sobre humanização: profissionais e usuários em uma instituição complexa de saúde”.Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 23(5):1437-1450 http://bvsms.saude.gov.br/bvs/artigos/mundo_saude/sensibilidade_humanizacao_cuidados_saude_partir.pdf La Taille,Y. (2016)”Moral e ética no mundo contemporâneo”.Revista USP 110, 29-42. Martino,L.M.;Marques,A.C.(2019)”A comunicação como ética da alteridade: pensando o conceito com Lévinas”. Intercom – RBCC 42(3)21-40 Motta,O.J.R.;Paulo,A.S.(2020),”Bioética e o Principialismo de Beauchamp e Childress:Noções, Reflexões e Críticas”.Braz. J. Hea. Ver.3(2) 2436-2448 Toldy,T. & Estrada,R.(2017),"A vulnerabilidade como lugar ético:sobre De Profundis,Valsa Lenta, de José Cardoso Pires".Didaskalia,11. 235-242.